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Ontario raises highway speed limits to 110 km/h

Original: this is a really bad idea. basic physics teaches us that raising speed by 10% raises the carnage in an accident by **21%

Ontario's conservative government has raised speed limits from 100 km/h to 110 km/h on nine sections of provincial highways, capping a summer of highway changes. Critics are pushing back, citing basic physics: a 10% increase in speed raises the energy in a crash by roughly 21%, meaning collisions at the new limit could be significantly more deadly.

Why now: The provincial government's decision to raise highway speed limits has reignited a familiar safety debate.

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• this is a really bad idea. basic physics teaches us that raising speed by 10% raises the carnage in an accident by **21%**. > The conservative Ontario government has raised speed limits from 100 km/h to 110 km/h on nine sections of highways on Wednesday, capping off a summer of… · adub@beige.party · 8

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